1. Volume 61, Issue 2, Pages 502-515 (February 2002)
TNF-α–accelerated apoptosis abrogates ANCA-mediated neutrophil respiratory burst by a caspase-dependent mechanism1 
Ralph Kettritz, Julia Scheumann, YaXin Xu, Friedrich C. Luft, Hermann Haller 
Kidney International 
Volume 61, Issue 2, Pages (February 2002)
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2. Figure 1
Effects of buffer control (○), 10 ng/mL tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α; □), a combination of 10 ng/mL TNF-α and cycloheximide (TNF-α/CHX; ▪), and CHX alone (•) on polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) apoptosis as determined simultaneously. Apoptosis was assessed by flow cytometry assaying ethanol-fixed cells that were stained with propidium iodide (PI). To establish a time course, freshly isolated PMN were cultured up to three hours and the percentage of apoptotic cells was determined at the indicated time points (A, N = 3). (B) The percentage of apoptotic cells after 3 hours of culture (N = 18). The data indicate that TNF-α accelerates apoptosis in a time-dependent manner, and that CHX strongly potentiated TNF-α–induced apoptosis, involving approximately 90% of cells (**P < 0.01 compared to CTRL; #P < 0.01 compared to all other groups).
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3. Figure 2
Effects of buffer control (A), 10 ng/mL TNF-α (B), a combination of 10 ng/mL TNF-α and cycloheximide (C), and cyclohexamide alone (D) on PMN apoptosis was determined by flow cytometry using annexin VFITC. A representative of 6 experiments is given. Samples treated with TNF-α (B) and the combination of TNF-α with cycloheximide (C) demonstrated increased annexin V binding, compared to control cells (A) and cycloheximide alone (D).
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4. Figure 4
Western blotting for ERK phosphorylation was performed in duplicate. PMN were incubated for up to 3 hours in control buffer (lane 1), 2.5 μg/mL cycloheximide (lane 2), 10 ng/mL TNF-α (lane 3), and a combination of 10 ng/mL TNF-α and CHX (lane 4). Samples were harvested after the indicated time points and phosphorylation of ERK was assessed. The data indicate that TNF-α activated ERK at 7minutes. Cycloheximide did not affect ERK phosphorylation, either alone or when added in combination with TNF-α. The 120- and 180-minute time points indicate that the phosphorylation was short-term and in this 3-hour assay at no time point a function of cycloheximide presence.
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5. Figure 5
Effects of apoptosis on ANCA antigen expression. PMN were cultured in buffer control, 10 ng/mL TNF-α (TNF-α), a combination of 10 ng/mL TNF-α and CHX (TNF-α/CHX), and CHX alone. Cells were assayed for proteinase-3 (PR3; A, N = 13) and myeloperoxidase (MPO; B, N = 7) membrane expression by flow cytometry. Ordinate shows membrane ANCA antigen expression as fluorescence intensity. Symbols are: (□) Control; () TNF-α–treated cells; (▪) TNF-α/CHX treatment; and () CHX alone. TNF-α–mediated apoptosis was paralleled by a significantly increased expression of both PR3 and MPO. The accelerated apoptosis by TNF-α/CHX strongly augmented ANCA antigen expression (**P < 0.01 compared to Control; #P < 0.01 compared to all other groups).
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6. Figure 6
Relationship between TNF-α–induced apoptosis and ANCA antigen expression. Cells were stained for apoptosis and either PR3 or MPO, respectively. FL1-H fluorescence shows apoptosis by annexin V binding, and FL2-H fluorescence detects membrane staining for the ANCA antigens. Untreated controls are depicted in A (PR3 expression) and B (MPO expression). TNF-α increased ANCA antigens on the surface of non-apoptotic annexin V-negative PMN and triggered apoptosis with an increased percentage of apoptotic cells that stained positive for the ANCA antigens (upper right quadrants of C for PR3 and D for MPO), compared to untreated controls. Within the TNF-α–treated samples, apoptotic ANCA antigen-expressing cells (upper right quadrant) showed a higher MFI, compared to the non-apoptotic ANCA antigen-positive population (lower right quadrant). Combined treatment of TNF-α and cycloheximide (E for PR3 and F for MPO) resulted in a further increase of apoptotic cells that stained positive for the ANCA antigens (upper right quadrant). A representative experiment is depicted.
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7. Figure 6
Relationship between TNF-α–induced apoptosis and ANCA antigen expression. Cells were stained for apoptosis and either PR3 or MPO, respectively. FL1-H fluorescence shows apoptosis by annexin V binding, and FL2-H fluorescence detects membrane staining for the ANCA antigens. Untreated controls are depicted in A (PR3 expression) and B (MPO expression). TNF-α increased ANCA antigens on the surface of non-apoptotic annexin V-negative PMN and triggered apoptosis with an increased percentage of apoptotic cells that stained positive for the ANCA antigens (upper right quadrants of C for PR3 and D for MPO), compared to untreated controls. Within the TNF-α–treated samples, apoptotic ANCA antigen-expressing cells (upper right quadrant) showed a higher MFI, compared to the non-apoptotic ANCA antigen-positive population (lower right quadrant). Combined treatment of TNF-α and cycloheximide (E for PR3 and F for MPO) resulted in a further increase of apoptotic cells that stained positive for the ANCA antigens (upper right quadrant). A representative experiment is depicted.
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8. Figure 7
Effect of TNF-α–mediated apoptosis on respiratory burst activity to an anti-MPO mAb. Superoxide dismutase-inhibitable reduction of ferricytochrome C was used. Data are given for the 45-minute time point. (A) Time course of the effect of controls (○), TNF-α (□) and TNF-α/CHX (▪) on PMN superoxide generation in response to an anti-MPO mAb (N = 3). (B) Ten experiments were performed in parallel to assess the anti-MPO mAb-induced generation of PMN superoxide after 3 hours of culture in buffer (Control), TNF-α (TNF), TNF-α/CHX, and CHX, respectively. TNF-α–mediated apoptosis resulted in a significantly diminished respiratory burst to the anti-MPO mab (*P < 0.01 between TNF-α and Control). Potentiation of TNF-α–mediated apoptosis by CHX led to a further decrease in stimulated superoxide (#P < 0.01 compared to all other groups).
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9. Figure 8
Effects of TNF-α–mediated apoptosis on human ANCA-induced respiratory burst activity. PMN were harvested after 3 hours of culture in buffer (Control), TNF-α, TNF-α/CHX, respectively. Cells were stimulated with 75 μg/mL of human PR3-ANCA IgG from 3 different patients (N = 11) and 75 μg/mL MPO-ANCA IgG from 2 different patients (N = 10). Superoxide was measured by the ferricytochrome C assay and the 45-minute data are reported. These experiments indicate that TNF-α-mediated apoptosis significantly diminished respiratory burst in response to human ANCA (**P < 0.01 between TNF and Control). Potentiation of TNF-α-mediated apoptosis by CHX further decreased the amount of produced superoxide (#P < 0.01 compared to all other groups).
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10. Figure 9
Effects of TNF-α–mediated apoptosis on superoxide generation in response to PMA, immune-complexes, and FMLP was studied employing the ferricytochrome C assay. PMN were harvested after 3 hours of culture in buffer (Control), TNF-α, TNF-α/CHX, and CHX, respectively. Cells were stimulated with 25 ng/mL PMA (N = 8), 25 μg/mL immune complexes (N = 8), and 10-7 mol/L FMLP (N = 9), respectively. The data indicate that apoptosis by combined treatment with TNF-α and CHX significantly decreased the amount of produced superoxide (#P < 0.01 compared to all other groups).
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11. Figure 10
Effects of caspase inhibition on TNF-α–mediated apoptosis. PMN were cultured for 3 hours in buffer (Control) or TNF-α/CHX in the presence or absence of 50 μmol/L Ac-DEVD-CMK. Samples were harvested and the percentage of apoptotic cells was determined by flow cytometry. The data show that inhibition of caspase-3 almost completely blocked apoptosis in cells treated with TNF-α/CHX (N = 6, *P < 0.05).
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12. Figure 11
Effects of caspase inhibition on ANCA antigen expression. PMN were cultured for 3 hours in buffer (Control) or TNF-α/CHX in the presence or absence of 50 μmol/L Ac-DEVD-CMK. Samples were harvested and membrane expression of PR3 (A) and MPO (B) was assessed by flow cytometry (N = 5). These experiments indicate that blocking caspase activity prevents up-regulation of ANCA antigens (*P < 0.05).
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13. Figure 12
Effects of caspase inhibition on respiratory burst. PMN were cultured in buffer (Control) or TNF-α/CHX in the presence or absence of 50 μmol/L Ac-DEVD-CMK. After 3 hours cells were harvested and superoxide generation to a mAb to MPO was determined by ferricytochrome C reduction (N = 5). These experiments demonstrate that inhibition of caspase-3 preserved respiratory burst activity (*P < 0.05).
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